On the morning of October 24, local time, President Xi Jinping attended the BRICS Plus Leaders' Dialogue at the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Centre and delivered an important speech titled "Pooling the Mighty Strength of the Global South to Jointly Promote the Building of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind." Xi Jinping pointed out that the collective rise of the Global South is a distinct feature of the profound changes in the world. The Global South countries' joint march toward modernization is a major event in world history and an unprecedented feat in the progress of human civilization. At the same time, world peace and development still face severe challenges, and the path to revitalization for the Global South is bound to be arduous. As the vanguard of the Global South, we must demonstrate collective wisdom and strength and bravely shoulder our responsibilities for building a community with a shared future for mankind. —Uphold peace and achieve common security. We must be a stabilizing force for maintaining peace, strengthen global security governance, and explore solutions to hot-spot issues that address both symptoms and root causes. The Global Security Initiative I proposed has received active responses from all sides and has achieved important gains in multiple areas, including maintaining regional stability. We must promote the de-escalation of the situation in the Ukraine crisis as soon as possible and pave the way for a political settlement. We must continue to promote a comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, restart the "two-state solution," and prevent the spread of conflict in Lebanon. —Revitalize development and achieve universal prosperity. We must be a backbone force for common development, actively participate in and lead the reform of the global economic governance system, and push for development to be placed at the center of the international economic and trade agenda. In the three years since its proposal, the Global Development Initiative has mobilized nearly 20 billion US dollars in development funds and launched more than 1,100 projects. The Global Industrial Artificial Intelligence Alliance Center of Excellence recently settled in Shanghai, and China will also establish a global "Smart Customs" online cooperation platform and a BRICS Customs Demonstration Center, welcoming all countries to actively participate. —Promote civilization and achieve diverse harmony. We must be a promoting force for mutual learning among civilizations, enhance communication and dialogue, and support each other in taking modernization paths that suit our respective national conditions. China will take the lead in establishing a Global South Think Tank Cooperation Alliance to promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning in governance among countries. Xi Jinping emphasized that the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made systematic arrangements for further comprehensively deepening reform and advancing Chinese modernization, which will undoubtedly provide more opportunities for the world. No matter how the international situation changes, China will always keep the Global South in mind and be rooted in the Global South, supporting more Global South countries in joining the BRICS cause, pooling the mighty strength of the Global South, and jointly promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. Russian President Vladimir Putin presided over the meeting, attended by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and representatives from Brazil, India, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia, 25 invited guest country leaders or representatives, as well as 6 heads of international organizations including UN Secretary-General António Guterres and New Development Bank President Dilma Rousseff. On the evening of the 23rd, Xi Jinping attended the welcome banquet hosted by Putin for BRICS and guest country leaders. Cai Qi and Wang Yi also participated in the above activities.
At midnight on October 24, President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing by special plane after attending the 16th BRICS Summit. Cai Qi, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and other accompanying personnel returned on the same plane. Upon departure from Kazan, Rustam Minnikhanov, Head of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation, and senior officials from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs saw him off at the airport.
Our station broadcast a CCTV quick commentary titled "Pooling the Mighty Strength of the Global South to Jointly Promote the Building of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind."
Recently, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, replied to all teachers and students of Ocean University of China, extending congratulations on the university's 100th anniversary to all faculty, staff, and alumni. Xi Jinping emphasized that he hopes the university will take its centenary as a new starting point, be guided by scientific and technological development and national strategic needs, improve the mechanism for adjusting discipline settings and talent training models, strengthen original and leading research in marine science and technology, and strive to cultivate more outstanding marine talents who embrace blue dreams and can shoulder the responsibilities of the times, making greater contributions to building a strong education nation and a strong maritime nation. Ocean University of China (formerly private Qingdao University), founded in 1924, was renamed Ocean University of China from Qingdao Ocean University in 2002. Recently, all teachers and students of Ocean University of China wrote a letter to General Secretary Xi Jinping, reporting on the university's century-long struggle and expressing their determination to actively serve the construction of a strong maritime nation and high-quality development, and to contribute to the comprehensive promotion of the great cause of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation.
Our station today (October 25) broadcast a CCTV quick commentary titled "Striving to Cultivate More Outstanding Marine Talents Who Embrace Blue Dreams and Can Shoulder the Responsibilities of the Times."
At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö will pay a state visit to China from October 28 to 31.
Premier Li Qiang presided over the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the State Council on October 25, deciding to appoint Ho Iat Seng as the Sixth Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region, to take office on December 20, 2024. The meeting reviewed the report from the Macao Special Administrative Region Government on the election of Ho Iat Seng as the candidate for the Sixth Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region, and listened to the report from Xia Baolong, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, on the election of the Sixth Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region. In accordance with the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, the meeting decided to appoint Ho Iat Seng as the Sixth Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Li Qiang emphasized that in the 25 years since Macao's return to the motherland, the "One Country, Two Systems" policy has been fully and accurately implemented in Macao, achieving leapfrog economic development, maintaining overall social stability, and continuously improving people's livelihoods, creating the best development situation in Macao's history. The Central People's Government will continue to comprehensively, accurately, and unswervingly implement the "One Country, Two Systems," "Macao people governing Macao," and high degree of autonomy principles, fully supporting the Chief Executive and the SAR government in governing in accordance with the law, upholding integrity and innovation, and demonstrating responsibility, constantly opening up new horizons for the successful practice of "One Country, Two Systems" with Macao characteristics. It will support Macao in leveraging its unique advantages and integrating into and serving the overall national development. It will support the Chief Executive and the SAR government in safeguarding national security, promoting appropriate economic diversification, continuously improving people's livelihoods, and promoting social harmony and stability, so that Macao can develop and prosper together with the mainland. Members of the State Council Plenary Meeting attended the meeting, and responsible persons from relevant departments and units attended as observers.
Premier Li Qiang presided over a State Council executive meeting on October 25. To deeply implement the spirit of the Political Bureau meeting on September 26, leading comrades of the State Council recently conducted research in various regions on the current economic situation and the implementation of a package of incremental policies. The meeting exchanged views on this and deliberated on related work. The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to closely focus on striving to achieve the annual economic and social development goals, continue to grasp the implementation of a package of incremental policies, timely evaluate and optimize policies, increase counter-cyclical adjustment efforts, and further enhance the effectiveness of macro-control. At the same time, more attention should be paid to the interaction between policies and the market, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of all parties, and better stimulate growth momentum. The meeting deployed measures to stimulate the vitality of the ice and snow economy through the high-quality development of ice and snow sports. The meeting pointed out that in recent years, ice and snow sports in China have accelerated in popularity, and ice and snow tourism and industry have flourished. It is necessary to further expand the public base of ice and snow sports, widely carry out mass ice and snow sports, promote the development of youth ice and snow sports, improve the competitive level of ice and snow sports, develop the ice and snow event performance industry, consolidate and expand the achievements of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports," and promote the popularization and development of ice and snow sports nationwide. It is necessary to improve the development level of the entire ice and snow economy industry chain, develop differentiated and characteristic ice and snow tourism according to local conditions, strengthen R&D innovation and brand building of ice and snow equipment, and continuously improve product quality and industrial added value. It is necessary to cultivate a group of leading enterprises and specialized, refined, and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in the ice and snow field, strengthen the construction of ice and snow venues and facilities, improve supporting service levels, enrich ice and snow consumption products, optimize the ice and snow consumption environment, improve the ice and snow standard system, and promote the ice and snow economy to become a new growth point. The meeting reviewed and approved the "Regulations on the National Natural Science Foundation (Draft Revision)." The meeting pointed out that strengthening basic research is an important support for building a science and technology powerhouse. It is necessary to strengthen the forward-looking, strategic, and systematic layout of basic research, increase funding for major original, interdisciplinary innovation, and other projects, cultivate young scientific and technological talents, and lay a more solid theoretical foundation and technical source for achieving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement. It is necessary to support more social forces to participate in basic research, encourage enterprises and other organizations to invest funds in joint funding, establish a scientific and technological innovation cooperation mechanism, and gather a strong synergy to promote scientific and technological innovation. It is necessary to legally regulate the management of the National Natural Science Foundation, adhere to openness, fairness, and justice, improve the performance evaluation mechanism, severely punish acts that violate scientific research integrity, and create a clean and upright scientific research style and academic atmosphere. The meeting also discussed other matters.
The 32nd Chairpersons' Meeting of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee was held in Beijing on the morning of the 25th. Chairman Zhao Leji presided over the meeting. The meeting decided that the 12th session of the 14th NPC Standing Committee will be held in Beijing from November 4 to 8. The Chairpersons' Meeting proposed that the 12th session of the NPC Standing Committee review the draft Preschool Education Law, the revised draft Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics, the revised draft Mineral Resources Law, the draft Energy Law, the revised draft Anti-Money Laundering Law, and the revised draft Supervision Law of the Standing Committees of People's Congresses at All Levels; deliberate the motion submitted by the Chairpersons' Meeting on the revised draft Law on Deputies; deliberate 5 motions submitted by the State Council, including the revised draft Arbitration Law, the revised draft Maritime Law, the revised draft Law on Science and Technology Popularization, the draft decision on extending the authorization for the State Council to temporarily adjust the application of relevant provisions of the Metrology Law in pilot cities for improving the business environment, and the approval of the "Amendment to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter regarding Sewage Sludge"; deliberate the State Council's report on financial work, the comprehensive report on the management of state-owned assets in 2023 and the special report on the management of administrative and institutional state-owned assets in 2023, the report on building world-class universities and advantageous disciplines with Chinese characteristics, and the report on combating desertification; deliberate the Supreme People's Court's report on the administrative trial work of people's courts; deliberate the Supreme People's Procuratorate's report on the administrative procuratorial work of people's procuratorates; deliberate 2 reports from the NPC Standing Committee's law enforcement inspection team on the implementation of the Law on Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Social Insurance Law; deliberate the reports from the NPC Supervision and Judicial Committee, Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, and Social Development Affairs Committee on the deliberation results of the deputies' motions submitted by the Presidium of the Second Session of the 14th NPC; deliberate the report on the qualifications of individual deputies; and deliberate relevant appointments and removals. Liu Qi, Secretary-General of the NPC Standing Committee, reported on the draft agenda and schedule for the 12th session of the Standing Committee. Relevant deputy secretary-generals of the NPC Standing Committee and responsible persons of relevant special committees and working committees reported on relevant topics.
Ding Xuexiang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met with representatives of the Advisory Board of Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management in Beijing on the 25th. Ding Xuexiang stated that China's economy is currently operating steadily and making progress, and that China is accelerating the implementation of a package of incremental policies to strive to achieve its annual economic and social development goals. China's economic advantages in all aspects are being consolidated and enhanced, and the development momentum stimulated by reform and innovation is becoming stronger, which will powerfully drive China's economy to achieve steady and long-term development. China has always firmly supported economic globalization, and its door of opening up will only open wider. China is willing to share development achievements with the world. He expressed hope that the committee members will continue to actively offer advice and suggestions, and support China's economic and educational development. Advisory Board Chairman Tim Cook and others spoke, stating that China has numerous future development opportunities and that they are willing to continue expanding investment and cooperation with China to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.
In accordance with the deployment of the CPC Central Committee, the feedback work for the third round of inspections by the 20th Central Committee has recently been completed. This round of inspection feedback adopted a combination of centralized feedback and "one-on-one" feedback by inspection teams. On October 17, the Central Leading Group for Inspection Work held a centralized feedback meeting for the third round of inspections by the 20th Central Committee. The meeting conveyed and studied the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech when hearing the report on the third round of central inspections, reported on common problems found during the inspections, and made arrangements for doing a good job in rectifying the inspections. Liu Jinguo, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Deputy Head of the Central Leading Group for Inspection Work, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Recently, 15 central inspection teams gave "one-on-one" feedback to the party committees (party leadership groups) of the 22 central and state organs and 12 centrally-managed financial enterprises inspected in this round. According to the arrangements for central inspections, each central inspection team informed the main responsible persons of the inspected party organizations of the prominent problems found during the inspections and provided feedback on the inspection situation to the leading bodies. The feedback solemnly pointed out the problems existing in the inspected party organizations. Some failed to fulfill their functional responsibilities, were not solid enough in implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and were not in place in implementing reform deployments; some had insufficient overall planning for development and security, lacked a strong sense of risk, and had incomplete prevention and control mechanisms; some were not strong enough in promoting comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, with prominent integrity risks in some key areas, and violations of the spirit of the eight-point frugality rules still occurred; some leading bodies and cadre teams were not strong enough, and grassroots party organization building was relatively weak. The feedback requested that the inspected party organizations deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, conscientiously implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech when hearing the inspection report, raise their political stance, and firmly uphold the "two establishments" and resolutely achieve the "two safeguards" through practical actions of performing their duties. They should enhance their sense of crisis, comprehensively investigate risks and hidden dangers, study and dispose of measures one by one, and firmly guard the safety bottom line of high-quality development. They should have a clear understanding of the situation of the anti-corruption struggle, adhere to the strict tone, strive to eradicate the soil and conditions for the breeding of corruption problems, and create a clean and upright political ecosystem for doing business. They should deeply implement the Party's organizational line in the new era and effectively strengthen the ideological and political building of leading bodies, and strictly educate, manage, and supervise cadres. The feedback emphasized that the purpose of inspections is to uncover problems, and ultimately to solve them. The inspected party organizations should regard inspection rectification as a serious political task, strengthen Party spirit, enhance responsibility, and implement responsibilities, with the "top leader" taking overall responsibility, and members of the leading body implementing "one-post responsibility," testing their political judgment, political comprehension, and political execution through practical actions of rectification. They should regard inspection rectification as a favorable opportunity to promote reform and development, strengthen the internal consciousness of rectification, seize the opportunity, and rectify problems thoroughly. They should regard inspection rectification as an important grasp for strengthening Party leadership and comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, and with a thorough spirit of self-revolution, earnestly tackle tough issues, dig deep into the root causes, prescribe the right medicine, and continuously enhance the Party's leadership, organizational power, and combat effectiveness. The feedback requested that discipline inspection and supervision organs and organizational departments strengthen daily supervision of rectification, and earnestly supervise rectification. They should focus on key individuals and key matters, and hold those who perfunctorily rectify or falsely rectify accountable. They should strengthen overall planning for the building of leading bodies and promote the resolution of prominent problems in the building of cadre teams and grassroots party organizations. Relevant functional departments should make full use of inspection results, and deeply study and solve common problems and deep-seated problems found during inspections. Inspection agencies should strengthen overall coordination and follow-up supervision of rectification work, and report important situations to the Party Central Committee in a timely manner. It is understood that the central inspection teams also received clues about problems of some leading cadres, which have been transferred to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, the Central Organization Department, and other relevant departments for handling in accordance with regulations.
The State Council Information Office held a press conference this morning (October 25), where relevant officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs introduced that China's agricultural and rural development maintained a steady and upward trend with improved quality in the first three quarters. Grain output is expected to exceed 1.4 trillion jin for the first time this year. This year, China has already seen a bumper harvest of summer grain and early rice. Summer grain output reached 299.56 billion jin, an increase of 7.25 billion jin compared to last year, marking the largest increase in nearly nine years. Early rice output was 56.35 billion jin, maintaining above 56 billion jin for four consecutive years. The area for autumn grain has steadily increased, and significant progress has been made in large-area yield improvement. As of October 24, harvesting progress has reached 82.5%, indicating another bumper harvest season. Currently, China's autumn and winter planting is generally progressing smoothly. Soil moisture is suitable in most regions, and planting progress is slightly faster than the same period last year. According to agricultural monitoring, as of October 24, 210 million mu of winter wheat has been planted, completing 61.5% of the intended area; over 74 million mu of winter rapeseed has been planted, completing 66.7%, which is 3.1 percentage points faster. During this autumn and winter planting season, the total demand for agricultural fertilizers is 13.8 million tons, with a supply of approximately 19 million tons, which can meet production needs. This year, China's achievements in poverty alleviation have continued to be consolidated and expanded. As of the end of September, in the 25 provinces with tasks to consolidate and expand poverty alleviation achievements, over 60% of the monitored population had eliminated the risk of returning to poverty or falling into poverty, and the remaining had all received assistance measures, ensuring that large-scale returns to poverty or new cases of poverty did not occur. This year, the efficiency of the agricultural product processing industry has improved, new industries and new business formats have flourished, and the rural tourism market has seen a boom in both supply and demand. In the first three quarters, the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 16,740 yuan, a real increase of 6.3% year-on-year after deducting price factors.
Bulk reduction of existing mortgage interest rates takes effect today. Starting today (October 25), various banks will officially begin lowering interest rates on existing individual housing loans. Except for second and subsequent home loans in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and other areas, the interest rates for most existing individual housing loans will be adjusted to the Loan Prime Rate (LPR) minus 30 basis points. This adjustment does not require any action from borrowers. After the adjustment, the national average interest rate for existing mortgage loans will decrease by approximately 0.5 percentage points. 162 drugs to participate in 2024 medical insurance catalog on-site negotiations and bidding. Reporters learned from the National Healthcare Security Administration that the 2024 medical insurance catalog on-site negotiations and bidding will be held in Beijing from October 27 to 30, with a total of 162 generic name drugs confirmed to participate. Previously, the 446 newly negotiated drugs in the catalog resulted in a cumulative expenditure of over 340 billion yuan from the medical insurance fund within the agreement period, benefiting 800 million person-times. All-China Federation of Trade Unions supports the establishment of 200 model worker and artisan innovation studios. The All-China Federation of Trade Unions announced that it will further support the establishment of 200 model worker and artisan innovation studios this year. The application and recognition of these studios will be determined through quota allocation, provincial application, and expert review. Currently, China has established 297 national demonstration model worker and artisan innovation studios. The 136th Canton Fair builds an efficient docking platform. The second phase of the 136th Canton Fair is now in its third day. This Canton Fair provides rich opportunities for exchange between participating enterprises and global merchants by organizing industry forums, design innovation, and other activities. This year, a total of 120 enterprises won awards in the Canton Fair Design Innovation Award selection. The 31st Yangling Agricultural Hi-tech Fair opens today. The 31st Yangling Agricultural Hi-tech Fair opens today (October 25). The fair, themed "New Quality Productive Forces, New Future for Agriculture," features 8 specialized exhibition areas, including agricultural high-tech achievements exhibition and international agricultural exchange and cooperation exhibition, attracting over 1,800 enterprises from 49 countries.
International figures pointed out that President Xi Jinping's important speech at the BRICS Plus Leaders' Dialogue deeply elaborated on China's proposals for the solidarity and cooperation of the "Global South," demonstrating China's responsibility, and pooling strength and guiding the direction for "Global South" countries to jointly move towards modernization. International figures noted that the series of important concepts proposed by President Xi Jinping contribute Chinese wisdom and solutions to advancing world modernization, and that the construction of Chinese modernization injects vitality and vigor into the "Global South" and the common development of the world.
From October 15 to 24, a Chinese Xinjiang cultural exchange delegation visited Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan to conduct cultural exchanges, explaining to various sectors of society there the Communist Party of China's governance strategy in Xinjiang in the new era, introducing that Xinjiang is currently in its best period of prosperity and development in history, and sincerely inviting all parties to visit Xinjiang for exchanges. People from the three countries highly praised Xinjiang's achievements in economic development, ethnic equality, religious harmony, and cultural inheritance.
According to Palestinian media reports on October 24, the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza and the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza were bombed by the Israeli military that day, resulting in dozens of deaths, including several children. The Israeli military stated on October 24 that it killed dozens of armed individuals in Jabalia and struck a command center of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Nuseirat area. The Israeli military stated that operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon could "completely end" the Lebanon-Israel conflict, which is still ongoing. The Israeli military stated on October 24 that it had attacked dozens of Hezbollah armed targets in Lebanon over the past day. According to a statement issued by the Israeli military, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi stated on October 23 that Hezbollah's senior command system has been "completely destroyed," and the Israeli military's operations against Hezbollah armed groups in the north could "completely end." Separately, Lebanese media reported today (October 25) that the Israeli military attacked a hotel in southern Lebanon that day, killing three journalists. Iraqi militia claims drone attack on Israeli targets. The Iraqi militia "Islamic Resistance" issued a statement on October 24, claiming that it launched two drone attacks that day, striking "important targets" in southern and northern Israel.
Severe Tropical Storm Trami made landfall in northeastern Luzon, the Philippines, early on October 24. The Philippine Civil Defense Office stated today (October 25) that Trami has caused 46 deaths and 20 missing persons in the Philippines. The floods and mudslides caused by Trami have paralyzed transport in many areas. Over 2 million people nationwide in the Philippines have been affected, with nearly 200,000 evacuated.
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